Basketball Recap: Jasper Sets Scoring Season-High Against Evansville Reitz

Wildcats

Team Score

01/14/25 vs Evansville Reitz	65
12/21/24 vs Corydon Central	57
12/13/24 @ Evansville Memorial	55
12/03/24 @ Evansville Bosse	52
01/04/25 @ Princeton	49

Jasper scored the most points they've had this season on Tuesday, but it wasn't enough. They took a hard 80-65 fall against the Evansville Reitz Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 235th, while the Panthers are ranked eighth).

Leading Evansville Reitz to victory were Jaylan Mitchell and Lavell Tinsley. Mitchell dropped a triple-double on 20 points, 14 rebounds, and ten assists, while Tinsley went 13 of 18 en route to 27 points and six boards. With that strong performance, Mitchell is now averaging an impressive 15.4 points per game. The team also got some help courtesy of Luke Lawrence, who went 5 for 12 on his way to 13 points and four steals.

Jasper dropped their record down to 1-8 with the loss, which was their fourth straight at home. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.5 points per game. As for Evansville Reitz, the win keeps them at an undefeated 9-0.

Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Jasper has already played their next game (against Washington), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Evansville Reitz will be playing in front of their home fans against Christian County at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday. Evansville Reitz knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Christian County likes a good challenge.